contemplation
英 [,kɒntem'pleɪʃ(ə)n]
美 [,kɑntəm'pleʃən]
英語の語源
- contemplation (n.)
- c. 1200, "religious musing," from Old French contemplation or directly from Latin contemplationem (nominative contemplatio) "act of looking at," from contemplat-, past participle stem of contemplari "to gaze attentively, observe," originally "to mark out a space for observation" (as an augur does). From com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + templum "area for the taking of auguries" (see temple (n.1)).
例文
- 1. A chastened Agassi flew home for a period of deep contemplation .
- 後悔していたアガシは飛行機で家に帰って壁に向かって考えた。
- 2.He roused himself from his lazy contemplation of the scene beneath him.
- 彼は下の景色を怠けずに見つめていた。
- 3.He was lost in the contemplation of the landscape.
- 彼は目の前の景色に思いを沈めた。
- 4.It is a place of quiet contemplation .
- 心を静めて瞑想するのに良い場所です。
- 5.He sat there deep in contemplation .
- 彼はそこに座って考え込んでいた。